Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

RoundCube is a modern webmail solution which is easy to install and that runs on a standard PHP/MySQL configuration. The skins use the latest web standards such as XHTML and CSS 2. There are many exciting features RoundCube provides, for example, Multilingual capabilities, Full support of HTML, Find-as-you-type address book integration, Spell Checking and Complete customization with skins. RoundCube Webmail is released under the GPL License. Everyone is welcome to download and use it, deploy it and to re-distribute it.

Requirements: Server with PHP and mySQL
Demo: http://roundcube.net/?p=demo
License: GPL License

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Do you want to get a heatmap of where your visitors are clicking and enhance your website’s result? Now you can install it on your own server without paying a penny. ClickHeat is a visual heatmap of clicks on a HTML page, showing hot and cold click zones. You are free to download it and start visualize your visitors in order to find out which design encourages visitors to click deeper.

Requirements: Firefox 1.5+, Internet Explorer 6+, Konqueror
Demo: http://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.php (Username:demo Password:demo)
License: GPL License

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jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages. You can animate hiding, showing, and toggling the display of elements easily. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. It is lightweight (20kb) which supports CSS 1-3 and basic Xpath syntax. If you have not tried it yet, please try it, I am sure you will be amazed.

Interface is a collection of rich interface components which utilizes the lightweight JavaScript library jQuery. With this components you can build rich client web applications and interfaces with the same simplicity as writing JavaScript with jQuery.

Requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0+, Firefox 1.5+, Safari 2.0+, Opera 9.0+
Demo: JQuery – http://jquery.com Interface – http://interface.eyecon.ro/demos
License: MIT and GPL License

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Other than Tango Top Quality Vector Icons, there is another set of professional high quality icons – GNOME 2.18. GNOME 2.18 Icons are in PNG ( Transparent background which can easily integrate into any web site) and SVG format ( Scalable which means you can increase the size of the icons without losing quality. There are over 600 icons altogether. I think this is one of the best icon sets I have ever seen.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://art.gnome.org/themes/icon/1352
License: GPL License

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dhtmlxVault (DHTML extensions File Upload) helps you to implement a modern and feature-rich file uploading part of your web application. So much wanted, the Progress bar will inform your customer during long-time operation about the ongoing process. Different file types are displayed with corresponding icons (you may add more file types when required). Built with AJAX technology, the control allows files to be uploaded seamlessly without reloading the entire webpage.

Requirements: Internet Explorer 6+, Mozilla 1.4+, FireFox 0.9+
Demo: http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxVault/
License: GPL License

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Are you tired of using some small and ugly web 2.0 services icons? You should try the Web 2.0 Services Icons Pack which is made by Made by ilemoned and miniajax. They looks amazing and all in PSD and PNG formats, it is very easy to modified and blend it to your website.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.miniajax.com/social-media-icons.php
License: GPL License

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HTML text editor brings to the web much of the power of desktop editors like MS Word. FCKeditor is a lightweight and doesn’t require any kind of installation on the client computer. Web Developers can customize the toolbar, change the skin and install new plugins easily. Users can font formatting and create html text without any difficulties.

Requirements: Internet Explorer 5.5+, Firefox 1.0+, Mozilla 1.3+ and Netscape 7+
Demo: http://www.fckeditor.net/demo
License: GPL, LGPL and MPL License

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ThickBox is a webpage UI dialog widget written in JavaScript on top of the jQuery library. Its function is to show a single image, multiple images, inline content, iframed content, or content served through AJAX in a hybrid modal. A modal window is a child window which requires the user to interact with it before they can return to operating the parent application. Modal windows are commonly used in GUI systems to absorb user awareness and to display emergency states.

Requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0+, Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9.0+, Safari 2.0+
Demo: http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/#examples
License: MIT, GNU License

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SlimStat is an extensible web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, browsers versions, platforms and searches can all be taken in at a glance. It is similar to Mint, but SlimStat is completely free for everyone. SlimStat also has the following features.

• Drill-down and filter data in any way you choose
• Shows visits and unique IPs, not just hits
• Option to hide visits from search engine crawlers
• Allows you to ignore specified IP address ranges
• Attempts to filter out spam
• Contains several security fixes

Requirements: Any Servers with PHP and Mysql Database Support
Demo: http://wettone.com/code/slimstat#screenshots
License: GPL License

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DhtmlxGrid is a Ajax-enabled JavaScript grid control that provides professional solution for representing and editing tabular data on the web. DhtmlxGrid allows easy implementation of nice looking (managed through css or predefined skins) DHTML tables with rich in-cell editing, fixed multiline headers/footers, resizable, sortable and draggable columns. Numerous event handlers let you add necessary interactivity to grid-based interfaces. Smart Rendering technology and built-in paginal output allow this data grid to work effectively with huge datasets.

Requirements: Internet Explorer 5.0+, Mozilla 1.4+, FireFox 0.9+, Safari 2.0+
Demo: http://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxGrid/
License: GPL License

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